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Latitude: 59.0814 / 59°4'53"N
Longitude: -2.9885 / 2°59'18"W
OS Eastings: 343439
OS Northings: 1022028
OS Grid: HY434220
Mapcode National: GBR L4ZQ.PPH
Mapcode Global: WH7BK.2Z5Z
Entry Name: Langskaill,Viking houses
Scheduled Date: 21 December 1961
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM2181
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Secular: Viking settlement, Norse settlement
Location: Evie and Rendall
County: Orkney Islands
Electoral Ward: North Isles
Traditional County: Orkney
D and J R McMillan, 1909 (with later additions and alterations by Sinclair MacDonald and Son, 1935-37 (see Notes). Symmetrical, 2-storey, 6-bay, rectangular-plan, multi-gabled school with Tudor and Scottish Domestic detailing. Crowstepped gables with arrowhead coping stones. Coursed squared sandstone rubble with raised pale sandstone ashlar dressings. Rusticated base course. Long L-plan addition to right (NW) using similar treatment. Later additions to rear.
PRINCIPAL (NE) ELEVATION: set back from road with broad flight of steps to front. Single-storey double gable to centre with pair of Venetian windows flanked by pupil entrances and 2-storey, gable-end wings at outer bays with ball finials at corner angles. Castellated, octagonal towers within re-entrant angles and further double crowstepped gable to central drill hall, flanked by taller gables with bracketed stacks.
INTERIOR: Simple drill hall to centre with cantilevered balcony on three sides. Curved moulded timber panelling to main spaces and stairs, rising to dado height. Moulded cast-iron banisters with timber hand rails to stairs and balconies.
Predominantly timber sash and case windows. Grey slate. Sandstone ashlar gable head and some ridge stacks. Cast-iron rain water goods.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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